Gretchen's Star

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Gretchen's Star
Originally uploaded by robert_h_coleman.
This is the star that Gretchen made to put on our tree. She was very put out when I told her that we had purchased a new bigger tree. We wound up putting out little (3') in the hallway upstairs so she could put this star on it.

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